diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 6ec02dba06..0e820cb6a1 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ gulp.task('watch', function(done) {
           '!ionic/util/test/*'
         ],
         function() {
-          runSequence('transpile', 'bundle', 'e2e');
+          runSequence('bundle', 'e2e');
         }
       );